Moving...any suggestions!

glockman99 said:
A name...Jerry Springer. Who would want to live in a State where Jerry Springer was elected as mayor of one of their biggest cities?.:D.:D.
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I know. :D

I'm not saying that Ohio doesn't get the occassional 'black-eye' every now and again. I agree with DaveH about choosing Indiana. I think there are alot of similarities between Ohio and Indiana.

Andy
 
donovan said:
I'm hoping on a move to NC sometime soon myself, but I'm looking farther west to the Asheville area.

Jack
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Asheville's a great city. Not so big that it's overwhelming, but not so small that you have to leave town to do anything. Asheville is more interesting to me than Charlotte or Atlanta. It really has the feeling of a small town, but a diverse cultural atmosphere and a great arts community. Downtown is a wonderful experience, there are some great restaurants (Barley's Taproom is one of my favorites) and plenty of live music to be heard... and all the big box stores are just a few miles away if you really want that.

Just stay away from the civic center... and don't complain about parking.
 
PP, Sylva is beautiful, too! :thumbup: I've been through there several times. :D
 
I grew up in Montana. Wonderful place to live. Try Missoula or Bozeman. Both have state universities. Montana definately has 4 seasons. Hunting and fishing are the biggest pasttimes. Hunting is so popular, I think hunters safety is a required class in junior highschool.
 
Anyone ever been to Flagstaff Arizona, or how about some cities in Idaho, maybe some smaller towns in Colorado?
 
Paddling_man said:
PP, Sylva is beautiful, too! :thumbup: I've been through there several times. :D
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Yes it is. I came up here to go to school (WCU)... graduated in 2003 and haven't left yet and don't really want to.
 
Gravelface said:
Anyone ever been to Flagstaff Arizona, or how about some cities in Idaho, maybe some smaller towns in Colorado?
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i was just in Flagstaff in December it was f'in cold

about all i did there was get gas and be cold though


an hour away in Phoenix it was nice and warm, kinda cool how easy it was to change climates :)
 
Southeastern Washington State!!! Not Seattle, not Spokane, but just a few hours from either, and there are institutions of higher learning EVERYWHERE. Don't usually like to tout where I live since it's kind of like that secret fishing hole, but cost of living compared to wages is great. Big rivers, mountains (okay, hills) just down the road, and only a short drive to Oregon, Idaho, or Canada...oh, and four seasons. Average price for a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house, 2200 sq ft. = 140,000.
 
Come on! Give some names...I wont tell anyone...promise.
Nice scores on the exchange by the way.
 
Gravelface said:
Come on! Give some names...I wont tell anyone...promise.
Nice scores on the exchange by the way.
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Thanks! Yakima,WA or Kennewick,WA...I'd say Yakima is just right. It is growing, but not too fast, and is near everything. Those in Washington that live elsewhere don't like it (including me when I lived just down the road) because if you just drive past on the highway you only see some of the industrial areas, but once you actually get into the city it's pretty cool. I think it's the place to be for the long-term. My other recommendation would be Anchorage, Alaska, but that's more like two seasons: Winter and Spring:D I was there for fifteen years and loved it - but besides that I think the economic climate will only get hotter there...
 
I LOVE where I live; Cape Cod, MA. You are about 1 1/2- 2 hours from Boston, and there are a lot of schools in or near Boston.
 
donovan said:
I love Austin, but I suggest looking into the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of NC. Great schools, lots of military bases in the area, great climate, two hours to the coast-three to the mountains, good knife environment including easy access to Blade each year. Reasonable standard of living. I'm hoping on a move to NC sometime soon myself, but I'm looking farther west to the Asheville area.

Jack
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This is my part of the world. I live in Hillsborough, NC which is about 10 min from Chapel Hill. I work in Chapel Hill. There are lots of good reasons to live here.
Pros Schools are very good.
Close to UNC - Tarheels
Close to Duke - BlueDevils
Close to NC State
Lots of community colleges
Hurricanes for hockey (I'm not into it)
Research Triangle Park is close by- lots of jobs there.
Lots of things to do- concerts, parks, museums, collage games(football, basketball,etc) shopping, etc.
Lots of lakes, rivers and ponds for fishing.
Lots of public gameland for hunting if you don't have private land to hunt.
Mostly knife and gun friendly. There are some PC Sheepies here.
Cost of living isn't bad.
2-3 hours from the beach or mountains.
We do have all 4 seasons.
My house is on the market. You can buy it:D
Cons
Lots of traffic, but it probably worse where you are.
Lots of road construction supposed to fix the traffic problems.
Humitity I know it's worse where you are.
Snow is a major event here. If one flake falls everything closes, people have tons of wrecks trying to get home, and all the local news crews are there to film it and report it all day long.
 
Gravelface said:
Wow! That is one of the most comprehensive breakdowns I have seen! Sounds really nice.....send me some information about your place to w0142420@selu.edu or jason.anderson8@us.army.mil ......if it's so great, why are you moving...hmmmmm?
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Info sent to your w0142420@selu.edu addy.
We have had 2 additions to our family since the wife and I bought the house. We're building a house 4 miles away.
This really is a great place to live.
 
Fredericksburg (9000 pop.) is in the Texas Hill Country and would be a super place to live. It's an old german settlement that has become the bed and breakfast capitol of Texas - It's surrounded by beautiful rolling hills and there are several crystal clear rivers and creeks that flow through that part of Texas. Excellent hunting as well. (pics below) Fredericksburg is 80 miles from Austin, 70mi from San Antonio... And about 20mi. from Luckenbach, which is still a fun place to watch some live music and knock down several longnecks on a saturday or sunday afternoon :D )

As for Austin-It's still a great town but it's grown in leaps and bounds over the last 8-10 years and it just doesn't have that great small town feeling it had back in the 70's, 80's & early 90's. Property values have also taken a sharp jump in the last decade. Even with all the growth I would still take Austin, hands down, over Houston, Dallas-Ft. Worth or San Antonio.

Good luck on your relocation!

http://www.fredericksburg-texas.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country
http://www.fbgtx.org/
http://www.hill-country-visitor.com/default.asp/city/10

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That is what I miss...hills. Here in Louisiana the Highest point of elevation is "Monkey Hill" at the Audubon Zoo. It like 26 ft above sea level. I actually put that as an answer on a test and my Professor liked the response so much he gave me credit for it...so it can't be to wrong!
 
Gravelface, check out Colorado Springs, Colorado -- it's a military town, next to Pike's Peak, 4 distinct seasons, no humidity, near hunting and fishing, darn near perfect! I live just north in the Denver area, which I love, but it's bigger than you wanted.
 
I 2nd on Fredricksburg Texas, or maybe Kerrville, a few miles away. Close enough to San Antonio you can have big city needs, but still country.

I would actually say Kerrville over Fredricksburg because of the "tourist" factor of Fredricksburg.

My Dad gets great service out of the big VA setup in K-Ville. And not all that far from the Audie Murphy VA in San Antonio.
 
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